Question

Stephen was thinking of a number. Stephen divides by 5 then adds 1 to get an answer of 21. Form an equation with

x
from the information.

Answer 1

x/5 +1 = 21

Explanation:

x is your variable. first step is divided by 5, so you put x/5. then it says add 1 so simply add it on to the equation x/5 + 1. the entire equation equals to 21 so you put the equal sign after x/5 +1 =21